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What have been some of your favorite handmade gifts you have received from your crafting pals?
I have a secret pal for Christmas this year and I have to make six small gifts. I have done this in the past and made gifts tags, cards, necklace charms, etc. But I am looking for different stuff to make this year. Any ideas?
Hm. I can't pick a favourite. I love them all. Original watercolours on ATCs from Ms Noofy. Cards (which I consider gifts) from numerous fellow card-makers. Several scarves, dishcloths, plastic-bag holder - all knited or crocheted by my sister. Oooh! My sister also crocheted a bunch of little flowers for me to put on cards! A quilt from my mom. A decorated Starbucks bottle filled with candy from a co-worker. Ooh! This co-worker also made a tin for me, decorated with awesome patterned papers, stickers, and stamps. A pendant from a friend from high school.
Check out Youtube, there are many posts for 12 Days of Christmas, might get some ideas there. The best gift someone made for me was a small framed picture to go in my kitchen. They took wallpaper, and boards from an old barn, stapled the board together, and framed a section of the wallpaper. Real rustic looking French Rooster, looks great in my kitchen.
__________________ Patrice. Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.
Some of my favorite stamping gift exchanges were food items. Either homemade or store bought and repackaged in a crafty way. I have gotten homemade caramels, sugar coated pecans and cookies. Here are a few of my favorite packaging ideas.
A quick, inexpensive and nice gift are stamped candles. You stamp the image(s) on tissue paper and then adhere it to the candle by lightly melting the wax. I did one with a sheet music stamp to copy something I saw in a Pottery Barn catalog. You can do colored images as well.
I am making packets of snowman cards, and make snowball cookies. I am going out shopping tomorrow, looking for some appropriate boxes and cookie containers.
__________________ Patrice. Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.
I was thinking about this, and realized that no one I know makes handmade things, except for my darling grandchildren. So I've received lots and lots of crayon drawings and colored pipe cleaner creations. Which I treasure, of course.
I do GIVE lots of handmade items for gifts, though. All my friends and family say they really like receiving personalized note card sets. I try to come up with a new design each year and make many sets at Christmas time for gifts.
Here is what I did last Christmas:
__________________ Bugga in OK
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
I am a very very very lucky girl as my best bud makes silver jewelry so I have some of the most unique personal gifts including a silver viking knit dreamcatcher in my truck. I have some beautiful cards but other then that nothing crafty.
I take acrylic picture frames and turn them upside down and put colored paper where the picture goes and then a mini calendar with a sticky notepad on the top. They make great gifts.
We have an elderly lady who lives next door. She has given me some fabulous beaded jewelry that she has made. I just love getting those items from her. And to know she made them herself just warms my heart! But my all time fave that she gave me was a silver book mark with an Eiffel Tower charm on it...I love Paris, so this was brilliant! I treasure it!
I make homemade soap (the traditional kind with lye) and give it as gifts, and people love it. I stamp a handmade tag and attach that to a strip of fabric, and wrap around the piece of soap.
Favorite handmade gifts received?
